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    Microscopía confocal mostrando un macrófago peritoneal de un ratón deficiente en RXR, donde se observa un alto contenido de lípidos (verde) dentro de vesículas ácidas (rojo).
    Research
    3 Apr 2020
    Nature Communications: CNIC scientists discover a new molecular mechanism that regulates the sentinel cells of the immune system

    Published in Nature Communications, the study suggests that it may be possible to regulate the number and activity of these macrophages with drugs that modulate the nuclear receptor RXR
    Imágenes de las coroides de ratones control (izquierda) y tras la eliminación de IHH de las células endoteliales (derecha), lo que resulta en una disminución del número de mastocitos (puntos blancos).
    Research
    20 Mar 2020
    Journal of Experimental Medicine:CNIC scientists identify an immunological regulatory circuit that may play a central role in ocular diseases

    Scientists at the CNIC and Weill Cornell Medicine have identified an inflammatory regulatory circuit controlled by a subtype of endothelial cells in the eye
    Andrés Hidalgo, Jose María Adrover y Alejandra Aroca
    Research
    14 Jan 2020
    Nature Immunology: Neutrophils are equipped with a 'disarmament' program that prevents the immune system going 'out of control'

    The newly identified immune control system is located within one of the most important cell types of the immune system, the neutrophil
    De izda. a dcha.: Asier Echarri, Miguel Ángel del Pozo, Diana Velázquez, Carla Huerta, Sara Sánchez, María García, Raffaele Strippoli, Enrique Calvo, Jorge Alegre-Cebollada.
    Research
    20 Dec 2019
    Nature Communications: The 'airbag' that protects cells against stress

    CNIC scientists have identified the molecular mechanisms that allow our cells to adapt to, protect themselves against, and survive mechanical stress
    De izquierda a derecha José Manuel Alfonso Almazán, Jorge García Quintanilla, Manuel Marina Breysse, José María Lillo Castellano, Julián Pérez Villacastín, David Filgueiras Rama, José Jalife y Nicasio Pérez Castellano.
    Research
    16 Dec 2019
    Europace: Personalized medicine for atrial fibrillation

    The study, published in Europace, uses signals from implantable devices—pacemakers and defibrillators—to analyze electrical signals in the heart during episodes of atrial fibrillation
    Andrés Hidalgo
    Research
    10 Dec 2019
    NeutroCure: exploiting the dual nature of neutrophils to cure inflammatory diseases

    The NeutroCure project focuses on reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play central roles in healthy animals, such as redox signalling to regulate cell growth
    : Blood vessel duplications in the inflamed intestinal mucosa of a mouse with colitis.
    Research
    3 Dec 2019
    EMBO Molecular Medicine: Inhibiting a protease could improve the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

    Scientists at the CNIC and CSIC have identified a function of a protease that could be the future target of drugs to treat inflammatory bowel disease
    About the CNIC
    16 Jul 2019
    Dr Fuster delves and dissects latest aspects of cardiovascular health and disease

    Dr. Valentín Fuster will be teaching the summer seminar series “Molecular, Clinical & Population Bases of Cardiovascular Disease and Health”, organized by the  International University Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
    Rui Benedito, Macarena Fernández Chacón, Verónica Casquero García, Federica Lunella y Wen Luo.
    Research
    22 May 2019
    Nature Communications: A new genetic tool to modify and understand gene function

    CNIC scientists have developed a new genetic tool that significantly facilitates the study of gene function in physiological conditions and disease.
    About the CNIC
    6 May 2019
    Nature Communications: A newly identified mechanism can be targeted to boost angiogenesis

    Image: In the picture, individual endothelial cells have different fluorescent barcodes and mitogenic stimulations, allowing the non-invasive fate-mapping of their proliferative and migratory behaviours over time.